Cutter's Way

1981 film by Ivan Passer

Movie Film Q1146563

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Ivan Passer^[1]
Genre: crime thriller film, drama film^[3]^[4]
Publication date: 1981, March 20, 1981^[29]^[30]
Based on: Cutter and Bone^[5]
Producer: Paul R. Gurian^[18]
Duration: 106 min^[39]
After a work by: Newton Thornburg^[37]
Australian Classification: M
BBFC rating: 15 certificate^[41]
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve^[42]
Capital cost: 5,000,000 USD^[40]
Cast member: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Stephen Elliott, Nina van Pallandt, Billy Drago, Arthur Rosenberg, Francis X. McCarthy, George Dickerson, Julia Duffy, Jonathan Terry, Ted White^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Color: color^[27]
Composer: Jack Nitzsche^[2]
Country of origin: United States^[28]
Director of photography: Jordan Cronenweth^[21]
Distributed by: United Artists, Netflix^[31]^[32]
Distribution format: video on demand^[23]
FSK film rating: FSK 16^[38]
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work^[35]
IMDA rating: NC16
MPA film rating: R^[36]
Medierådet rating: For ages 12 and up

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Narrative location: California^[33]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[22]
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists^[19]^[20]
Review score: 8/10 (2021), 92% (2025), 3/5^[24]^[25]^[26]
Title: Cutter's Way^[34]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 63

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 67015
AllMovie title ID: v11859
Allcinema film ID: 3709
AlloCiné film ID: 34507
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.39zcjysqrqecawof7i8tqwkz2
Blu-ray.com ID: 392195
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): cuttersway
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 716076
Cinema.de ID: 1335223
Cineplex Germany film ID: 355166
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 25818
DNF film ID: 2795, 6217

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Daum movie ID: 65470
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 393
Does the Dog Die? media ID: 242824
Douban film ID: 1297354
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 7263, 60197
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/F062-9B54-5ED8-FF91-B3F6-G
ElFilm film ID: 82015
Elonet movie ID: 122052
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/cutters-way-keine-gnade
FilmAffinity film ID: 233363
FilmVandaag ID: film/13054
Filmarks ID: movies/52502
Filmfront film ID (archived): 30077
Filmová databáze film ID: 3075
Filmweb.no film ID: 41916
Filmweb.pl film ID: 9708
Freebase ID: /m/0br24q
Google Play Movies & TV ID: bIrtCy5VWCY
IMCDB work ID: 82220
IMDb ID: tt0082220
ISAN: 0000-0000-1B85-0000-4-0000-0000-P
ITunes movie ID: 826822098
Kanopy ID: 12683954
Kinobox film ID: 5359
Kinopoisk film ID: 22485
LUMIERE film ID: 38549
LdiF ID: 1622
Letterboxd film ID: cutters-way
MPA certificate number: 26264
MUBI film numeric ID: 3177
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 793
Metacritic ID: movie/cutters-way
MovieLens movie ID: 3731
MovieMeter film ID: 4161
Netflix ID: 60020690
OFDb film ID: 21207
OMDb film ID: 88999
PORT film ID: 92640
Plex media key: 5d77685f6f4521001eaa3fbd
Prime Video GTI: amzn1.dv.gti.0cb8a679-ea0e-752f-ab5a-3c8d70cafd91
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/cutters_way
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 14087
SensCritique work ID: 436488
Swedish Film Database ID: 45248
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 72046
TMDB movie ID: 31593
TV.com ID (archived): movies/cutters-way
TheTVDB movie ID: 17440
Trakt.tv ID: movies/cutter-s-way-1981
Trakt.tv film ID: 20241
ČSFD film ID: 7151

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 11

Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Billy Drago, Julia Duffy, Lisa Eichhorn, Ted White, Arthur Rosenberg, Stephen Elliott +3 more

Distributed by 2

Netflix, United Artists

Production company 2

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists

After a work by 1

Newton Thornburg

Composer 1

Jack Nitzsche

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Ivan Passer

Director of photography 1

Jordan Cronenweth

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Genre 1

drama film

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

California

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Cutter's Way — director (P57): Ivan Passer. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Cutter's Way — composer (P86): Jack Nitzsche. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Cutter's Way — genre (P136): crime thriller film. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Cutter's Way — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Cutter's Way — based on (P144): Cutter and Bone. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Jeff Bridges. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): John Heard. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Lisa Eichhorn. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Stephen Elliott. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Nina van Pallandt. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Billy Drago. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Arthur Rosenberg. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Francis X. McCarthy. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): George Dickerson. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Julia Duffy. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Jonathan Terry. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Cutter's Way — cast member (P161): Ted White. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Cutter's Way — producer (P162): Paul R. Gurian. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Cutter's Way — production company (P272): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Cutter's Way — production company (P272): United Artists. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Cutter's Way — director of photography (P344): Jordan Cronenweth. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Cutter's Way — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Cutter's Way — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Cutter's Way — review score (P444): 8/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Cutter's Way — review score (P444): 92%. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Cutter's Way — review score (P444): 3/5. Retrieved 2026-11-12. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Cutter's Way — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Cutter's Way — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Cutter's Way — publication date (P577): 1981. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Cutter's Way — publication date (P577): March 20, 1981. IMDb. Retrieved 2026-03-22. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Cutter's Way — distributed by (P750): United Artists. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Cutter's Way — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Cutter's Way — narrative location (P840): California. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Cutter's Way — title (P1476): Cutter's Way. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Cutter's Way — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a literary work. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Cutter's Way — MPA film rating (P1657): R. IMDb. Retrieved 2026-03-22. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Cutter's Way — after a work by (P1877): Newton Thornburg. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Cutter's Way — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 16. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Cutter's Way — duration (P2047): 106 minutes. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Cutter's Way — capital cost (P2130): 5,000,000 US dollars. Retrieved 2026-03-22. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Cutter's Way — BBFC rating (P2629): 15 certificate. IMDb. Retrieved 2026-03-22. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Cutter's Way — CNC film rating (France) (P2758): no minors under twelve. IMDb. Retrieved 2026-03-22. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Review score → 8/10, 92%, 3/5

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IMCDB work ID → 82220

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Publication date → 1981, March 20, 1981

IMDA rating → NC16

Duration → 106 minute

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